The 1805 Treaty of Mount Dexter was the first land cession or treaty between the Choctaw Nation and the U.S. Government. With it, the government received more than four million acres of land in present-day south Mississippi and southwest Alabama. Where the treaty was signed was a topic of research for many years. An upcoming meeting of the Noxubee County Historical Society Tuesday, Aug. 16 in Macon will shed light on the location of the signing of this document that preceded the more well-known Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek by 25 years.
“The exact location of the Mount Dexter signing had never been known,” said Martha Stennis of the historical society.
Jack Elliott of Clay County, a retired historical archaeologist with the Mississippi Department of Archives and History, will speak Aug. 16 about his and Noxubee County historian Paul Newsom’s research that puts the signing in Noxubee County. Their conclusions were published in Noxubee County Historical Society Bulletins 152 and 153.
The gathering begins at 6 p.m. at the American Legion Hut in Macon, located at the corner of Pearl and Wayne Streets.
“Anyone can come, just bring a dish for the covered dish supper,” Stennis said.
For more information, email Stennis at [email protected].
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